More than 18,000 people have signed a petition calling for Iceland to boycott next year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Israel, citing human rights violations against Palestinian people, Euronews reports.

The petition, started by developer Árni Steingrímur Sigurðsson, calls on national broadcaster RUV to withdraw Iceland from the contest.… Be Informed

BBC reports that the Eurovision Song Contest stage invader gained access to the stage by climbing into a camera run and going over a bridge, organisers have said. The man interrupted the UK’s singer SuRie, who finished third from bottom at the event in Lisbon on Saturday.… Be Informed

Movie lovers, especially those who liked the classic Biblical movies or are fans of Charlton Heston, might have noticed a similarity between the colours in the attire used by Eurovision Song Contest Winner Netta Barzilai and Charlton Heston in the Ten Commandments and Ben Hur.… Be Informed

The winning track, which contained refrains such as “I am not your toy, you stupid boy”, summed up the concerns of many women who have adopted the growing global movement against sexual harassment. The singer also said that her victory is a celebration of being different.… Be Informed

The Times of Israel reports about the jubilant scenes following Israel’s victory in the 2018 Eurovision song contest. “Israelis took to the streets and social media early Sunday to celebrate the country’s win in the Eurovision song contest, praising singer Netta Barzilai as “Israel’s best ambassador’ and excitedly awaiting the country’s hosting duties for next year.… Be Informed

Few countries do take the Eurovision’s participation as serious as Malta. For a country which tends to have a divisive perspective on anything under the sun, the music festival provides a rare occasion of national unity. The anger, bitterness and frustrations after every festival is witness to this.… Be Informed

Tonight, almost exactly one year after Salvador Sobral’s victory in Kyiv, a new Eurovision winner will be added to the history books during the Grand Final of the 63rd Eurovision Song Contest. The ultimate music spectacle of the year, which will come to you live from Lisbon’s Altice Arena, will be presented by Filomena Cautela, Sílvia Alberto, Daniela Ruah and Catarina Furtado.… Be Informed

Three minutes 11 seconds of a powerful performance by Maltese singer Christabelle, wasn’t enough to convince the voters to give their approval for the Maltese song in this year’s edition of the Eurovision.

As the votes started to roll out, and the qualifying songs were announced, Malta’s love relationship with the Eurovision song contest was put under severe strain and now the debate about the country’s participation will kick in.… Be Informed

The following ten countries have qualified for the Grand Final (in order of announcement):

Austria: Nobody But You by Cesár SampsonEstonia: La Forza by Elina NechayevaCyprus: Fuego by Eleni FoureiraLithuania: When We’re Old by Ieva ZasimauskaitėIsrael: TOY by NettaCzech Republic: Lie To Me by Mikolas JosefBulgaria: Bones by EQUINOXAlbania: Mall by Eugent BushpepaFinland: Monsters by Saara AaltoIreland: Together by Ryan O’Shaughnessy